Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-29
The Fisheries Question ira the House
of Commons.

lBy Anglo-Amorican cable to the Dispatch.l
LONDON. January 2S.-The Times
fails to understand why Lord Churchill
ever joined the Cabinet
His statements in the House of Com
mons Yesterday exhibit extraordinary
leyity in dealing with great national
issues and II singular lack of coherent
reasoning.
The subject of dispute between the
United States and Great Britain in re-
gard to Canadian fisheries was brought
MP in the House Of Commons this az
ternOOn.
Sir James Ferguson, Parliamentary
Secretary of the Foreign Office, said that
the Government had been comforting
with the Government of the United
States on the question. The Canadian
fisheries were very valuable. and the
Government had followed the policy
concerning them which had been
adopted by preceding Governments,
and would maintain the rights of the
colonists, with every desire to cOnciliate
the United States. The Government
were unable at present 10 narrate the
whole course OF negotiations, but could
state that Il dispatch had been received
Of more pacific character, and afforded
material grounds for hope OF the final
settlement of the dispute.
United States Minister Phelps had
an hours conference with the Marquis
of Salisbury to-day, at the Premier's
request, to discuss the question. The
conference was most cordial on both
sides. Lord Salisbury assured Mr..
Phelps that England and Canada were
equally DESTROYS of an amicable adjust
mcnt Of the whole ease.
Theodore Fry Liberab, member for
Darlington, asked the Government in
the House of Commons this afternoon
what they had done to prevent the
burning Of dwellings, from which ten
ants had been eyicted at Glenbeigh,
ireland. He also asked whether Gene
raj Butler had tried 20 obtain conces-
sions in rent for the tcnantryin Ireland.
Fir Michael Hicks Beach replied
that General Buller had not interfered
until some seventy eyictiOns had been
executed, when ne tired to influence
the mOrtgagcr toward greater leniency.
The Government had no legal right 10
20 further than this. There is, con-
tinued the Chief Secretary, Zone real
remedy, and that is to remove these
poor people from the poverty -stricken
districts Cries of "Shamel shamel'
and No, mol with their own free
will, went on the speaker, [Cries OF
" No, MOI Never Shame " to some
other place in ireland.
Great and prolonged uproar here en-
sued. The Speaker interrupted the pro
cecdinSs at this point, and notified
members that cries like "Shanc .
would be vigorously suppressed.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach then said,
GAN | wished to say was that very poor
people living IN poverty dis
tricts should be removed to other parts
of ireland or elsewhere where they
could live in prosperity and comfort
Conservative cheers Ii those who
take an interest in this matter desire to
promote such settlement shall be
most delighted to give every aid in my
power to any action they may combine
on to bring it about.
Mr. Redmond Parnellite), asked:
Does the Government approve the
actions of the authorities in burning
the houses at Glenbcigh?"
Sir Michael replied: 1T is not my
business to express any opinion on that
point CONSERVATIVE cheers.
The subject was then dropped, and
the debate on the address III reply to
the speech from the throne was re-
sunpd